Vora was born on 20 December 1928 at Nimbi Jodha in Jodhpur State of British India's Rajputana Agency (present-day Nagaur district, Rajasthan) to a Pushkarna Brahmin family.

[5] His brother Govindlal Vora was Veteran Journalist and Chief Editor of Amrit Sandesh.

[6] His nephew Rajeev Vora is Secretary of Pragati College of Engineering and Management, Raipur.

He was appointed a minister of State in Arjun Singh's Cabinet, and was in-charge of the Higher Education Department.

[citation needed] On 14 February 1988, Vora became a member of the Rajya Sabha, and assumed the office of Union Minister of Health, Family Welfare and Civil Aviation.

[5] Vora was very close to High Command of INC, and has supported nomination of Rahul Gandhi as the party's Prime Ministerial candidate.

Vora held important positions in all the three entities involved in the National Herald Case: the Associated Journals Limited (AJL), the Young Indian and the All India Congress Committee (AICC).